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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: After-hours work


This is totally up to my management.

Legally, it's not. Keep very detailed records. You may have a very nice lawsuit to file.

An exempt employee is not paid an hourly wage. If you're punching a clock and being docked on an hourly basis for time away from the job, then by all practical (and I'd bet, legal, purposes) you're being paid an hourly wage. That would make you non-exempt.

I'd speek to a good labor attorney. You may be able to cash in on these jackasses. You might even get that boss fired if it ends up costing the company tens of thousands for yourself and everyone else in the department.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki Peterson - OETX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: After-hours work


Currently I am classified as “Exempt”. Description of “Exempt” as understood by my manager is as follows:
- Pay based on 2 weeks
- 1 week every month I am on-call 24/7
- 2nd Saturday after Patch Tuesday, I am here to patch our servers and any extra maint for 8 hours
- On average, I work at least a 1 over every day.
- If I have a Dr. appointment or need to leave a bit early, I am forced to use my PTO (vacation) - FMLA (sick time) only if I am sick for 3+ days, and I need a Dr. note.

Example of my time card:
- 89 hours worked during the regular days
- 5 hours worked for Patching/Maint Saturday
- 2 hours PTO charged against me (had to leave early for family emergency)
- On call
o My paycheck shows:
 78 hours Regular Pay
 16 hours No-Pay (these are the extra stuff)
 2 hours deducted for PTO
 No mention of on call

This is totally up to my management. Some of the guys in Telecom have a great boss, he lets them leave early if an emergency happens and he will not reflect it on their time cards. He knows they work hard and long and the County gets much more than they pay for.

We are 4 positions down and unable to fill them at the price we offer. I have been doing 2 desks now for the last year and a half.

Instead of receiving praise for keeping up and hanging in there. I have a boss that comes in from a meeting, announcing to everyone that “No one leaves until the whatever he just promised in his last meeting is done. My boss is a self-serving jerk. He takes time with the blessing of his boss, but then insists that he must follow the rules for us to be fair. The biggest problem is that he will give a break to the one fellow he drinks with.

I think it is time for IT based Unions...

This used to be fun but now it sucks.


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